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December 28, 2018 Trending Now: Top Travel Destinations

Read time – 7 minutes A new year, a fresh start, and twelve clean months to fill with adventures. With infinite possibilities, how do you create a shortlist of where to go? What’s topical, and what should be at the top of your list for right now? For the inside track of the best destinations...

December 18, 2018 Trekking in Nepal

Read time – 2 minutes Exodus’ Managing Director Sam Seward is just back from Nepal, home to the beginnings of Exodus’ Walking and Trekking Programme over 40 years ago. Here, he shares his first ever experience of the mighty Himalaya. The Road from Kathmandu to Bandipur ‘The road from Kathmandu to Bandipur’ sounds a bit...

December 14, 2018 Tips for Travelling with 5-8 year olds

Read time – 2 minutes Travel is an eye-opening experience at any age, but nothing quite matches the sense of joy and wonder on a child’s face when they experience something for the first time. It’s a magical moment for both you and your child to share – and you don’t want to be distracted...

December 14, 2018 Tips for Travelling with Teenagers

Read time – 3 minutes Teenage travellers are amongst the trickiest to please, especially when their travelling companions are their parents. Avoid the eye-rolls and shoulder-shrugs on your next family adventure with some of our top tips for travelling with teenagers. Travel with Teens Advice Get them involved early The easiest way to ensure your...

December 07, 2018 Christmas Swedish Glogg Recipe

Read time – 2 minutes One of the great joys of travelling, is being able to try a traditional recipe from the region – and at Christmas, we pull out all the stops to impress with seasonal favourites. It’s a celebration of regional idiosyncrasies and specialities and a part of what makes us who we...

November 27, 2018 Dynasties: In Focus with Paul Goldstein

Read time – 4 minutes Paul Goldstein is one of very few people that has spent time with all five of the BBC’s ‘Dynasty’ luminaries. Several chimp safaris, literally years with lions, two fabled expeditions to Emperor penguins and wild painted dogs throughout Africa. 15 marathons in his tiger suit along with 20+ ‘striped’ safaris...

November 26, 2018 The Best Seasonal Breaks

Read time – 3 minutes Not all of us love yuletide and season’s greetings, but you don’t have to go into hibernation to avoid the same five songs repeated on the radio, roads blocked with holiday traffic and, of course, the inevitable bad cracker jokes. Don’t be left out in the cold this Christmas. Bin the...

November 20, 2018 Federica’s Sicily Tours

Read time – 4 minutes Exodus leaders are great with children, engaging, teaching and entertaining, allowing parents to relax and simply enjoy it. Federica Fassari has been guiding guests to the volcanoes of her native Sicily since 2012. Her speciality? Clowning around… Frederica in the mountains Exodus Leader – Frederica Fassari “Leading guests is a...

November 19, 2018 Alternative Christmas Traditions Around the World

Read time – 2 minutes Christmas is a time for traditions, for enjoying the annual rituals and routines that have come to symbolise the season. Around the world, traditions vary enormously as different countries have their own ways to come together and celebrate the festive season. Christmas in Sweden Yule Goat Some nations put up a...

November 19, 2018 Christmas Gift Guide

Read time – 3 minutes Bring a smile to the face of the globetrotter in your life with our carefully selected Christmas gift ideas for travellers. Ditch unimaginative gifts and the consumerist approach to the season of giving this year with our Christmas gift guide for the traveller in your life. Christmas Gift Ideas Foreign...